Prelude to Madnessbv

Before we get March Madness, we are stuck with “February Ridiculousness”. That’s what I call all of this Bubble Watch lunacy we are exposed to by college basketball experts. Since I am a firm believer that education and facts are the best way to combat this growing problem, I present this following table of teams on the bubble (data courtesy of www.kenpom.com as of Feb. 25th)


Team Record RPI SOS RPI 1-50 RPI 51-100 RPI 100-150
Syracuse 19-9 28 10 2-8 6-1 5-0
No. Iowa 20-8 31 49 7-6 0-1 8-1
Michigan 18-8 24 27 3-7 7-0 4-1
Wichita St 22-7 25 52 6-7 3-0 8-0
So. Illinois 19-9 40 64 6-4 2-2 7-3
Kentucky 18-10 41 23 2-8 6-2 7-0
Alabama 15-10 44 6 4-5 5-3 3-2
Colorado 18-7 47 99 2-2 2-3 9-2
Maryland 15-10 48 13 2-6 2-4 6-0
Bradley 18-9 43 71 6-5 1-1 6-3


Looking at the above table, I would give an edge to Michigan, Wichita St, Syracuse, Kentucky, and Northern Iowa. As much as wins against the top 50 count, losses to teams lower than 100 have to count the same. So tell me Doug Gottleib and Seth Davis how is it that you can discount the facts when you get your mugs on tv? Just some things to chew on before the conference tournaments.